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The Witching Elm by Carlos Quevedo, C.N. Crawford
3.0
I was blown away by The Witching Elm!!! It is dark fantasy but so so good! The writing is tight and the characters almost leap off the page-they are very well done. C. N. Crawford is actually two people (see farther down this page for AUTHOR INFO) writing a book is hard enough but throw in collaborating with another person! This team of Christine & Nick really nail every aspect of the book: setting, characters, plot. It all works together seamlessly so well done on that.
As far as the book itself-the twist is the character of Toby Corvin is only hidden out in our world because he's fleeing from the dangerous magical war in his world. Maremount has evil, spells, talking ravens and a bunch of trouble from various vicious monsters. Toby wants to go home to be with his girlfriend; but the war in Maremount comes to Boston in a big, scary, deadly way. The race is on to save both worlds.
The basic plot of the book is fantastic and never stops. I enjoyed it very much-fans of the Sleepy Hollow TV show and Harry Potter will LOVE this book. 4 stars-obviously I was given a copy of the book but this is my own opinion of the work.
As far as the book itself-the twist is the character of Toby Corvin is only hidden out in our world because he's fleeing from the dangerous magical war in his world. Maremount has evil, spells, talking ravens and a bunch of trouble from various vicious monsters. Toby wants to go home to be with his girlfriend; but the war in Maremount comes to Boston in a big, scary, deadly way. The race is on to save both worlds.
The basic plot of the book is fantastic and never stops. I enjoyed it very much-fans of the Sleepy Hollow TV show and Harry Potter will LOVE this book. 4 stars-obviously I was given a copy of the book but this is my own opinion of the work.